The present application relates to a heating control method and a heating control device for a battery structure, and a battery system. The heating control method includes steps of: S10, detecting a temperature value t of the battery structure; S20, judging whether the temperature value t meets a first heating condition, if yes, going to step S30; S30, controlling a positive electrode terminal to be connected with a negative electrode terminal to form short circuit, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by a short circuit current. When the first condition is met, the positive and negative terminals are connected to form short circuit, the heat generated by the short circuit current rapidly dissipates in the battery structure, so that the battery structure can be heated rapidly, which decreases the difference between internal and external temperature of the battery structure when adopting conventional heat conduction method.
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1. A heating control method for a battery structure, comprising steps as follows:
S10, detecting a temperature value t of the battery structure;
S20, judging whether the temperature value t meets a first heating condition, and if the temperature value t meets the first heating condition, going to step S30, wherein the first heating condition is: the temperature value t is smaller than a first predetermined temperature value t1, and the first predetermined temperature value t1 is smaller than an upper limit temperature value t0;
S30, forming a short circuit between a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure and a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by a short circuit current and decrease a difference between an internal temperature and an external temperature of the battery structure;
S35, detecting a voltage value v of the battery structure while the short circuit between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal is in place;
S40, judging whether the temperature value t meets a second heating condition and judging whether the voltage value v meets the second heating condition, and if at least one of the temperature value t or the voltage vale v meets the second heating condition, going to step S50; and
S50, activating an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
5. A heating control device, comprising:
a first detecting unit, configured to detect a temperature value t of a battery structure;
a first judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value t meets a first heating condition, wherein the first heating condition is: the temperature value t is smaller than a first predetermined temperature value t1, and the first predetermined temperature value t1 is smaller than an upper limit temperature value t0; and
a controlling unit, programmed to, upon the temperature value t meeting the first heating condition, control formation of a short circuit between a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure and a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by the short circuit current and decrease a difference between an internal temperature and an external temperature of the battery structure; and
a second detecting unit configured to detect a voltage value v of the battery structure while the short circuit between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal is in place; and
wherein the controlling unit is further programmed to judge whether the temperature value t meets a second heating condition and judge whether the voltage value v meets the second heating condition, and if at least one of the temperature value t or the voltage vale v meets the second heating condition, activate an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
2. The heating control method for a battery structure according to
3. The heating control method for a battery structure according to
4. The heating control method for a battery structure according to
S60, detecting a temperature value t2 of the phase change material; and
S70, when the temperature value t2 of the phase change material is greater than a phase change temperature value t3 of the phase change material, or the temperature value t2 of the phase change material is greater than the upper limit temperature value t0, stop heating the battery structure.
6. The heating control device according to
detect a temperature value t2 of the phase change material;
whether the temperature value t2 of the phase change material is greater than an upper limit temperature value t0 or is greater than a phase change temperature value t3 of the phase change material; and
upon detection that the temperature value t2 of the phase change material is greater than the upper limit temperature value t0 or is greater than the phase change temperature value t3, deactivate the external heating device to stop heating the battery structure.
7. A battery system, comprising a battery structure, a heating assembly, and the heating control device according to
8. The battery system according to
9. The battery system according to
10. The battery system according to
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The present application claims the benefit of priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201611226193.8, filed on Dec. 27, 2016, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to the field of heating technologies for batteries and, specifically, relates to a heating control method and a heating control device for a battery, and a battery system.
At low temperatures, polarization and increase of internal resistance easily happen in a battery, which causes a poor discharge capacity of a battery pack at low temperatures. In addition, at low temperatures, when charging, Li precipitation reaction easily happens, which causes decrease of battery safety performance. Therefore, it is necessary to heat the battery pack at low temperatures.
In the related art, the battery pack is generally heated by an external heating device. For example, a heating film is adhered to an outer surface of the battery or the battery pack, heat generated by the heating film is conducted to the battery or the battery pack; or a water-cycling system is installed in the battery pack, water in the water-cycling system is heated, so as to heat the battery pack.
In the two above-described heating manners, the battery or the battery pack is heated in a heat conduction way, and a heating rate is low, which results in a great difference between internal temperature and external temperature of the battery after being heated.
Embodiments of the present application provide a heating control method for a single battery, a heating control method for a battery pack and a battery system, which can decrease difference between internal temperature and external temperature of the battery.
A first aspect of the present application provides a heating control method for a battery structure, including steps as follows:
S10, detecting a temperature value T of the battery structure;
S20, judging whether the temperature value T meets a first heating condition, and if the temperature value T meets the first heating condition, going to step S30; and
S30, controlling a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure to be connected with a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure to form a short circuit, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by a short circuit current.
Preferably, the first heating condition is: the temperature value T is smaller than a first predetermined temperature value T1, and the first predetermined temperature value T1 is smaller than an upper limit temperature value T0.
Preferably, the heating control method further includes steps as follows:
S35, detecting a voltage value V of the battery structure when the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal to form a short circuit;
S40, judging whether the temperature value T meets a second heating condition, and if the temperature value T meets the second heating condition, going to step S50; and
S50, using an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
Preferably, the second heating condition is: the temperature value T is greater than or equal to the first predetermined temperature value T1 and is smaller than the upper limit temperature value T0, or the voltage value V is smaller than or equal to a predetermined voltage value V0.
Preferably, the step of using an external heating device to heat the battery structure includes: heating a phase change material contacting with the battery structure, so as to heat the battery structure by the phase change material.
Preferably, after step S50, the heating control method further includes steps as follows:
S60, detecting a temperature value T2 of the phase change material; and
S70, when the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than a phase change temperature value T3 of the phase change material, or the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than the upper limit temperature value T0, stop heating the battery structure.
A second aspect of the present application provides a heating control device, applied to any one of the heating control methods as above-described. The heating control device includes:
a first detecting unit, configured to detect a temperature value T of a battery structure;
a first judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T meets a first heating condition; and
a first controlling unit, configured to, when the temperature value T meets the first heating condition, control a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure to be connected with a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure to form a short circuit, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by a short circuit current.
Preferably, the heating control device further includes:
a second detecting unit, configured to detect a voltage value V of the battery structure when the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal to form a short circuit;
a second judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T meets a second heating condition; and
a second controlling unit, configured to, when the temperature value T meets the second heating condition, control to use an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
Preferably, the heating control device further includes:
a third detecting unit, configured to detect a temperature value T2 of a phase change material;
a third judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than an upper limit temperature value T0 or is greater than a phase change temperature value T3 of the phase change material; and
a third controlling unit, configured to, when the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than the temperature upper limit value T0 or is greater than the phase change temperature value T3, control to stop heating the battery structure.
A third aspect of the present application provides a battery system. The battery system includes a battery structure, a heating assembly, and any one of the heating control devices as above-described. The heating control device is electrically connected with the heating assembly and the battery structure to form a control circuit, and the heating assembly is configured to heat the battery structure under control of the heating control device.
Preferably, the heating assembly includes a heater, and a resistance of the heater increases as a temperature of the heater increases.
Preferably, the heating assembly further includes a phase change material, the heater contacts with the phase change material, the phase change material is capable of changing phase at a phase change temperature, and heat generated by the heater is conducted to the battery structure via the phase change material.
Technical solutions of the present application can achieve the following beneficial effects:
The present application provides a heating control method of a battery structure. When the temperature value T of the battery structure meets the first heating condition, the positive electrode terminal of the battery structure and the negative electrode terminal of the battery structure are connected with each other in short circuit. At this time, the positive electrode terminal of the battery structure is connected with the negative electrode terminal of the battery structure in short circuit, which means that an positive electrode of the battery structure is connected with an negative electrode of the battery structure in short circuit, and the heat generated by the short circuit current rapidly dissipates in the battery structure, so that the battery structure can be heated rapidly, which decreases the difference between internal temperature and external temperature of the battery structure when adopting conventional heat conduction method.
It should be noted that, the general description as above and the detailed description hereinafter are exemplary, and they do not limit the present application.
The above-mentioned drawings are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of the specification, which show embodiments according to the present application, and are used for illustrating principles of the present application.
The present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments thereof.
The present application provides a heating control method for a battery structure. The battery structure may include one single battery, or may include a plurality of single batteries, such as a battery module.
As shown in
S10, detecting a temperature value T of a battery structure;
S20, judging whether the temperature value T meets a first heating condition, if the temperature value T meets the first heating condition, going to step S30, otherwise, going to step S31;
S30, controlling a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure to be connected with a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure in short circuit, for heating the battery structure by heat generated by a short circuit current; and
S31, not heating the battery structure.
According to the above-described method, when the temperature value T of the battery structure meets the first heating condition, the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of the battery structure are controlled to be connected with each other in short circuit. An equivalent circuit diagram of the battery structure is shown in
The first heating condition can be set according to practical needs, in an embodiment, the first heating condition is: the temperature value T is smaller than a first predetermined temperature value T1, and the first predetermined temperature value T1 is smaller than an upper limit temperature value T0. The upper limit temperature value T0 refers to a maximum temperature value to which it is allowable for heating the battery structure. As shown in
It should be noted that the temperature value T of the battery structure can be a temperature value of the terminals or of a surface of the battery structure.
Additionally, when the battery structure includes a plurality of single batteries, the temperature value T of only several single batteries, rather than all of the single batteries, of the battery structure are needed to be detected. For example, when multiple single batteries are stacked up along the thickness direction, the temperature value T of only two outermost single batteries are detected when detecting the temperature value T, and if the temperature value T of one of the two outermost single batteries meets the first heating condition, step S30 can be performed, otherwise, step S31 can be performed (i.e., not heating the battery structure).
Furthermore, for decreasing a risk of the battery structure when the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal in short circuit, as shown in
S35, detecting a voltage value V of the battery structure when the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal in short circuit;
S40, judging whether the temperature value T meets a second heating condition, and if the temperature value T meets the second heating condition, going to step S50, otherwise, going to step S31; and
S50, using an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
When the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal in short circuit, the short circuit current heats the battery structure continuously, and the temperature of the battery structure rises up continuously. If positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are kept in short circuit, a damage risk of the battery structure may increase. Therefore, in the present solution, the second heating condition is set, and when the second heating condition is met, an external heating device is used to heat the battery structure for decreasing the damage risk.
Similarly, the second heating condition can be set according to practical needs. In an embodiment, the second heating condition is: the temperature value T is greater than or equal to the first predetermined temperature value T1 and is smaller than the upper limit temperature value T0, or the voltage value V is smaller than or equal to a predetermined voltage value V0. After setting as above, the second heating condition includes two judging conditions with a relation of ‘logic or’, that is, if one of the two judging conditions is met, an external heating device can be used to heat the battery structure, so as to make the heating method more flexible and safe. It should be noted that the predetermined voltage value V0 is smaller than a cutoff voltage value of the battery structure.
In a common situation, when an external heating device is used for heating, the external heater directly contacts with the battery structure to conduct heat to the battery structure. In the present application, in order to avoid overheating, preferably, the external heating device used for heating the battery structure specifically adopts a manner of: heating a phase change material contacting with the battery structure, so as to heat the battery structure by the phase change material. When heating the phase change material, a temperature of the phase change material increases, and until the temperature rises up to a phase change temperature, the temperature of the phase change material is kept at the phase change temperature, so that overheating is avoided, and thus the damage risk of the battery structure is decreased.
Therefore, as shown in
S60, detecting a temperature value T2 of a phase change material; and
S70, when the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than a phase change temperature value T3, or the temperature value T2 is greater than the upper limit temperature value T0, stop heating the battery structure.
When the temperature value T neither meets the first heating condition nor meets the second heating condition, step S31 is performed, and the battery structure is not heated.
In the present solution, when a heating power is too high, and the temperature value T2 of the phase change material rises to the phase change temperature value T3, phase of the phase change material may change while the temperature value T2 of the phase change material remains unchanged at the phase change temperature value T3, so that overheating can be avoided. When the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than the phase change temperature value T3, heating of the battery structure is stopped. At that time, the battery structure can be heated by the heat stored in the phase change material.
A second aspect of the present application is to provide a heating control device. The heating control device is applied in the heating control method of any one of the embodiments as above-described. The heating control device includes:
a first detecting unit, configured to detect a temperature value T of a battery structure;
a first judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T meets a first heating condition; and
a first controlling unit, configured to, when the temperature value T meets the first heating condition, control a positive electrode terminal of the battery structure to be connected with a negative electrode terminal of the battery structure in short circuit, so as to heat the battery structure using heat generated by a short circuit current.
The heating control device is capable of controlling the positive electrode terminal of the battery structure and the negative electrode terminal of the battery structure to be connected with each other in short circuit, when the positive electrode terminal of the battery structure is connected with the negative electrode terminal of the battery structure in short circuit, which means that a positive electrode of the battery structure is connected with a negative electrode of the battery structure in short circuit, and the heat generated by the short circuit current rapidly dissipates in the battery structure, so that the battery structure can be heated rapidly, which decreases the difference between internal temperature and external temperature of the battery structure when adopting conventional heat conduction method.
The heating control device further includes:
a second detecting unit, configured to detect a voltage value V of the battery structure when the positive electrode terminal is connected with the negative electrode terminal in short circuit;
a second judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T meets the second heating condition; and
a second control unit, configured to, when the temperature value T meets the second heating condition, control to use an external heating device to heat the battery structure.
Furthermore, the heating control device further includes:
a third detecting unit, configured to detect a temperature value T2 of a phase change material;
a third judging unit, configured to judge whether the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than the upper limit temperature value T0 or is greater than a phase change temperature value T3; and
a third controlling unit, configured to, when the temperature value T2 of the phase change material is greater than the phase change temperature value T3 or is greater than the upper limit temperature value T0, control to stop heating the battery structure.
A third aspect of the present application is to provide a battery system. The battery system includes a battery structure, a heating assembly, and a heating control device. The heating control device is electrically connected with the heating assembly and the battery structure to form a control circuit loop. The heating assembly is capable of heating the battery structure controlled by the heating control device. The heating control device is any one of the heating control devices in the above-described embodiments.
Preferably, the heating assembly includes a heater, and a resistance of the heater increases as the temperature increases. Thus, a relation between the temperature of the heater and the resistance of the heater are in conformity with a heating power needed by heating the battery structure, thereby improving the utilization rate of energy. For example, the heater can be a thermal-sensitive ceramic heater. An equivalent circuit diagram of the heater is shown in
The heating assembly further includes a phase change material. The heater contacts with the phase change material. The phase change material can change phase at the phase change temperature. The heat generated by the heater is conducted to the battery structure via the phase change material. When the heat is conducted to the phase change material, the temperature of the phase change material rises up, until reaches the phase change temperature, and then is kept at the phase change temperature without rising up continuously. Therefore, overheating is avoided, and the damage risk of the battery structure is decreased.
According to an embodiment, the phase change material includes fire retardant, stabilizer, and paraffin. The fire retardant, the stabilizer, and the paraffin are dissolved and prepared to be slurry. Porous graphite is immersed into the slurry, cooled, dried, and casted to obtain the phase change material. The phase change material is not limited to the above-mentioned compositions, and can be obtained by processing other compositions.
In order to avoid the heat loss and improve the heating efficiency, preferably, the phase change material includes an accommodating cavity, and the heater is accommodated in the accommodating cavity.
It should be noted that, the heating assembly can contact with a side surface of the battery structure, or can contact with a bottom surface of the battery structure. In an embodiment, preferably, the heating assembly is placed at the bottom of the battery structure, and contacts with the bottom surface of the battery structure, so as to facilitate the arrangement of the battery structure.
The embodiments described above are merely preferred embodiments of the present application and they do not limit the present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall fall within the scope of the present application.
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